ARC — Reflexive Architecture of Consciousness: Dissolving the Hard Problem through Architectural Identity
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) August 20, 2026 Walterson Fontoura Junior Fontoura Caravajal
Abstract: The hard problem of consciousness asks why there is something it is like to be a physical system. This paper presents the Reflexive Architecture of Consciousness (ARC), a formal theory that dissolves the hard problem by showing that the question that sustains it arises from an incomplete description. The theory's central claim is the Principle of Architectural Identity (PAI): the...